*enne*

n. 1. a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World Wars I and II. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ OE. at + renne to run. ] To outrun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Malay bijen. ] (Bot.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and Sesamum indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil or sesame oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. [ Also spelled benni. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. benoîte, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a. ] (Bot.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of fossil gymnospermous plans of the Carboniferous.
Syn. -- order Bennettitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Bennettitales.
Syn. -- genus Bennettitis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or state of being brazen. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Brent (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brenning. ] [ See Burn. ] To burn. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America. ] Cayenne pepper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (Capsicum frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. Capsicum annuum and Capsicum Frutescens; -- called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. cheyenne. (Ethnol.) A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fem. of comédien. ] A women who plays in comedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Cracow, the city. ] (Mus.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. (“The term and vehicle common about 1825.” Latham.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. f. a female doyen. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lacedemonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness by bringing a drunken man into their company. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. South.

Syn. -- Intoxication; inebriation; inebriety. -- Drunkenness, Intoxication, Inebriation. Drunkenness refers more to the habit; intoxication and inebriation, to specific acts. The first two words are extensively used in a figurative sense; a person is intoxicated with success, and is drunk with joy. “This plan of empire was not taken up in the first intoxication of unexpected success.” Burke.

v. t. To put into a kennel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. 'enne`a nine. ] The number nine or a group of nine. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine + gwni`a corner, angle: cf. ennéagone. ] (Geom.) A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geom.) Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine + &unr_; woman, female. ] (Bot.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine + &unr_; side. ] (Geom.) Having nine sides.

{ } n. (Geom.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'enne`a nine + 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man, male: cf. F. ennéandrie. ] (Bot.) A Linnæan class of plants having nine stamens.

{ } a. (Bot.) Having nine stamens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine + E. petalous: cf. F. ennéapétale. ] (Bot.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'enne`a + spe`rma seed. ] (Bot.) Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.

{ } a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine. ] Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. --
Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man's life. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + new. Cf. Innovate. ] To make new. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed after analogy of the French language. ] A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. fanek. ] (Zool.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio. ] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus Fæniculum (Fæniculum vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Smell of sweetest fennel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azorean fennel, or
Sweet fennel, (Fæniculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. --
Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. --
Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. Nigella sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the “fitches” mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). --
Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. --
Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. --
Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being frozen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being granted as a supposition; of being acknowledged or assumed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. grēnnes. See Green. ] 1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the greenness of grass, or of a meadow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Freshness; vigor; newness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit; inexperience; as, the greenness of youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Heathenesse. ] State of being heathen or like the heathen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inclosed place for keeping hens. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Hence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. pref. im- not + penna feather. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including only the penguins, in which the wings are without quills, and not suited for flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. genet, Sp. jinete, orig., a mounted soldier, Ar. zenāta a tribe of Barbary celebrated for its cavalry. ] A small Spanish horse; a genet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. a dim. of Jean John, so named as becoming ripe about St. John's day, June 24. F. Jean is fr. L. Johannes. See Zany. ] A variety of early apple. See Juneating. [ Written also geniting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being keen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
Syn. -- Kennedia, genus Kennedia, genus Kennedya. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Channel, Canal. ] The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]